Medal of Honor for Hero Priest?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:51 AM
Father Emil Kapaun
According to The Associated Press, outgoing Army Secretary Pete Geren has endorsed awarding a posthumous Medal of Honor to Korean War chaplain Father Emil Kapaun.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has also endorsed awarding the nation’s highest military honor to Father Kapaun, who died in a Chinese prisoner of war camp after being captured seven months earlier while... READ MORE
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Father Kapaun’s ‘Miracle’
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:53 PM
Father Emil Kapaun (CNS)
Vatican investigator Andrea Ambrosi arrives Friday in Wichita, Kan., to examine a possible miracle attributed to the late Father Emil Kapaun.
The cause for canonization of Father Kapaun, a Marine chaplain who died heroically in the Korean War, was initiated last year by the Diocese of Wichita.
The miracle involves 20-year-old Chase Kear, whose survival and recovery following a traumatic brain... READ MORE
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